Guillermo del Toro to appear at Beyond Fest 12-film retrospective
Beyond Fest announced Thursday that it is hosting a 12-film retrospective of Guillermo del Toro films, with del Toro appearing in person for four screenings.
Guillermo del Toro, seen at the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday, will attend Beyond Fest in Los Angeles. Photo by Rocco Spaziani/UPI UPI Guillermo del Toro, seen with wife and "Nightmare Alley" co-writer Kim Morgan at the 2023 Academy Awards in Los Angeles, will attend Beyond Fest. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI Guillermo del Toro (L), seen wtih "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" co-director Mark Gustafson at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, will appear at Beyond Fest. File hoto by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI Guillermo del Toro, seen with wife and "Nightmare Alley" co-writer Kim Morgan at the 2022 Oscar nominees luncheon in Los Angeles, will attend Beyond Fest. File Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI "Nightmare Alley" writers Kim Morgan and director Guillermo del Toro attend the 2023 Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI
Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Beyond Fest announced Thursday that its 2025 festival will include screenings of 12 of Guillermo del Toro's classic films. Del Toro is scheduled to appear for four Q&As in person.
Beyond Fest 2025 runs Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 in Los Angeles. "Está Vivo: The Films of Guillermo del Toro" will include showings of Crimson Peak, Nightmare Alley, The Shape of Water, Hellboy, Hellboy II, Blade II, Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, Mimic, the Revolution, Pacific Rim and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.
The del Toro Q&As will occur at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on Oct. 4 and 5. A triple feature of Crimson Peak, the black-and-white edition of Nightmare Alley: A Vision in Darkness and Light, and The Shape of Water begins Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. EDT.
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That evening at 7 p.m., del Toro will give another Q&A following a triple feature of his comic book adaptations Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Blade II. Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. will feature del Toro's early films Cronos in 4K, The Devil's Backbone in 4K and the director's cut of Mimic, with del Toro to appear in person following the screenings.
Del Toro will give another Q&A prior to the 7 p.m. Oct. 5 screening of Pan's Labyrinth, The filmmaker will not be present at the Oct. 10 screening of Pacific Rim or the Oct. 18 showing of Pinocchio at the Los Feliz 3 following the festival.
Beyond Fest previously hosted a 10th anniversary screening of Pacific Rim in 2023, with del Toro appearing for a Q&A in person. Del Toro's Frankenstein premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August and will play Toronto, Busan and BFI London prior to its Oct. 17 theatrical release and Nov. 7 Netflix debut.
